Rope retainer

ABSTRACT

A rope retainer comprises a body has a top surface, a bottom surface and a lateral surface; at least one main hole passed through the body; at least one wing extending from the body; the wing having at least one sub-hole. The rope retainer may have a long shape, a star like shape or a heart like shape. Furthermore the rope retainer can be used with a shoe for tying a shoelace.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to rope retainers, and particularly to arope retainer which has a simple structure, wherein the operation forfixing a rope is easy and quick.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Currently, clothes, bags, shoes, etc. are installed with buttons,buckles, fasteners, ropes, or strips are used to tighten these devices.They are generally not well fixed and thus they are arranged disorderly.

In the prior art, the ends of the ropes or strips are tied with acomplicated operation. Thus rope retainers are developed to provide theuser with an easy operation for fixing the ropes or strips. Referring toFIGS. 8 and 9, a prior art tying structure is illustrated. In the priorart rope retainer 10, the rope retainer 10 has a seat 11, an elasticunit 12 and a press 13. The seat 11 has a receiving slot 111. The press13 serves to fix the elastic unit 12. A bottom of the press 13 isinstalled with a buckle edge 131. When the press 13 is installed in thereceiving slot 111, the buckle edge 131 buckles the through hole 112.The press 13 is formed with a passing space 132. Thus, the press 13 isresisted by the elastic unit 12 and is fixed by the buckle edge 131 soas not to fall out. When the press 13 is pressed, the passing space 132is aligned to the through hole 112. When the press 13 is released, thepress 13 will be pushed out. Thus, when the passing space 132 aligns tothe through hole 112, the rope 20 can pass through the rope retainer 10.The rope retainer 10 can move to any position of the rope 20. When thepress 20 is released, a force is generated between the press 13 and theseat 11 so that the rope 20 can be fixed between the through hole 112and the passing space 132.

This prior art can achieve the object of fixing the rope 20 with aconvenient operation. However, it needs many parts and thus the cost ishigh. Thereby when the rope 20 is fixed between the through hole 112 andthe passing space 132, it is possible that as the receiving slot 111 andthe rope 20 are pulled, the rope is released while the press 13 is notpressed, or the rope 20 is deadly buckled in the seat 11 by a deformedpress 13.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide arope retainer which has a simple structure, wherein the operation forfixing a rope is easy and quick.

To achieve above objects, the present invention provides a rope retainerwhich comprises a body has a top surface, a bottom surface and a lateralsurface; at least one main hole passed through the body; at least onewing extending from the body; the wing having at least one sub-hole. Therope retainer may have a long shape, a star like shape or a heart likeshape. Furthermore the rope retainer can be used with a shoe for tying ashoelace.

Moreover, crystals or diamonds or decorations are installed on the bodyor the wings.

In operation, each of two head ends of the shoelace penetrates through afirst through hole of the wing from a bottom surface of long roperetainer and then passes through a second through hole of the wing. Thenthe two ends pass through the main hole of the rope retainer. Thus theshoelace passing through the rope retainer has a beautiful outlook as abutterfly, even a children not skilled in tying the shoelace can operatethe shoelace easily and quickly.

The various objects and advantages of the present invention will be morereadily understood from the following detailed description when read inconjunction with the appended drawing.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the rope retainer of the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the application of the roperetainer according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an elevational view of FIG. 2.

FIG. 4 is a lateral view of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing the operation of the rope retainer ofthe present invention, where the rope retainer is used to a shoe.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the second embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the third embodiment of the roperetainer of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an exploded view of the prior art rope retainer.

FIG. 9 is a cross sectional view of the prior art rope retainer.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In order that those skilled in the art can further understand thepresent invention, a description will be provided in the following indetails. However, these descriptions and the appended drawings are onlyused to cause those skilled in the art to understand the objects,features, and characteristics of the present invention, but not to beused to confine the scope and spirit of the present invention defined inthe appended claims.

Referring to FIG. 1, the present invention relates to a rope retainerand a shoe using the rope retainer. In the drawing, the rope retainer isa long structure. The long rope retainer 10 has an isolation portion 16at a center portion thereof. Two wings 12 extending at two oppositesides from the isolation portion 16. The isolation portion 16 is higherthan the wings 12. The isolation portion 16 has at least one main hole18. Each wing 12 has at least one sub-hole which is vertical to the mainhole 18. In this embodiment, two sub-holes are formed, which are a firstthrough hole 14 at the inner side of the wing and a second through hole14′ at the lower side of the wing 12.

Referring to FIGS. 2 to 5, it is illustrated that the long rope retainer10 is used to a shoelace 22 of a shoe body 20. However, the long roperetainer 10 of the present invention can be used to other structure.This is also within the scope of the present invention.

The shoe body 20 has a shoelace 22 corresponding to shoelace holespenetrating the shoe body or the buckling rings 21 around the shoelaceholes. Each of two head ends 221 of the shoelace 22 penetrates throughthe first through hole 14 of the wing 12 from a bottom surface of thelong rope retainer 10 and then passes through the second through hole14′ of the wing 12. Then the two ends pass through the main hole 18 ofthe long rope retainer 10. Thus the shoelace 22 passing through the longrope retainer 10 has a beautiful outlook as a butterfly. Thus even achildren not skilled in tying the shoelace can operate the shoelaceeasily and quickly.

In releasing, it is only necessary to pull the long rope retainer 10upwards, the shoelace 22 can release quickly. If it is desired to tightthe shoelace 22, it is only necessary to shoelace 22 passing through thesecond through holes 14′ outwards, the shoelace 22 can be tightenedquickly and easily. Referring to FIG. 4, when the shoelace 22 istightened, the shoelace 22 is formed with two foldings so as to achievethe object of tightening the shoelace 22. The portion of the shoelace 22out of the second through hole 14′ will press the portion of theshoelace 22 out of the first through hole 14 so that the shoelace 22 isfixed firmly. The long rope retainer 10 of the present invention can beoperated quickly and firmly. Thereby it has a compact structure and thematerial can be saved. The manufacturing work can be performed easily.

With reference to FIG. 6, the second embodiment of the rope retainer ofthe present invention is illustrated. In the second embodiment, the roperetainer 30 has a star sheet 31. The sheet 31 has two pairs ofsub-holes. Each pair of sub-holes has a first through hole 32, and asecond through hole 32′. A holed sleeve 34 is installed on the starsheet 31. In another embodiment, the extension sleeve 34 can beneglected, but a main hole is formed, which passes through the starsheet 31. To have a beautiful outlook, crystals or diamonds or otherdecorations 36 can be added to the star sheets 31.

With reference to FIG. 7, the third embodiment of the present inventionis illustrated. In the second embodiment, the rope retainer 40 has aheart shape sheet 41. The heart sheet 41 has two pairs of sub-holes.Each pair of sub-holes has a first through hole 42, and a second throughhole 42′. A holed sleeve 44 is installed on the heart sheet 41. Inanother embodiment, the extension sleeve 44 can be neglected, but a mainhole is formed, which passes through the heart sheet 41.

The present invention is thus described, it will be obvious that thesame may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regardedas a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention, andall such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art areintended to be included within the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A rope retainer comprising: a body having a topsurface, a bottom surface and a lateral surface; at least one main holepassed through the body; at least one wing extending from the body; thewing having at least one sub-hole.
 2. The rope retainer as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the rope retainer is a long structure, there are twowings extend from the body; the body is wider than the wings so as toform as an isolation portion; and the two wings being symmetricallyarranged at two opposite sides of the body.
 3. The rope retainer asclaimed in claim 1, wherein there is one wing which has a star shape;the body is a sleeve on the wing; the at least one sub-hole is verticalto the main hole.
 4. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 1, whereinthere is one wing which has a heart shape; the body is a sleeve on thewing; the at least one sub-hole is vertical to the main hole.
 5. Therope retainer as claimed in claim 1, wherein crystals or diamonds ordecorations are installed on the body or the wings.
 6. The rope retaineras claimed in claim 1, wherein there are a plurality of main holes. 7.The rope retainer as claimed in claim 1, wherein there are at least twosub-holes.
 8. A shoe having a rope retainer comprising: a shoe bodybeing installed with a shoelace; the shoelace having two ends; a roperetainer including: a body having a top surface, a bottom surface and alateral surface; a main hole passed through the body; at least one wingextending from the body; the wing having at least one sub-hole; andwherein two ends of the shoelace pass through the at least one sub-holeof the wing and then pass through the main hole so as to form with ashape like a butterfly.
 9. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 6,wherein the rope retainer is a long structure, there are two wingsextend from the body; the body is wider than the wings so as to form asan isolation portion; the two wings are symmetrically arranged at twoopposite sides of the body.
 10. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 6,wherein there is one wing which has a star shape; the body is a sleeveon the wing; and the at least one sub-hole is vertical to the main hole.11. The rope retainer as claimed in claim 6, wherein there is one wingwhich has a heart shape; the body is a sleeve on the wing; the at leastone sub-hole is vertical to the main hole.
 12. The rope retainer asclaimed in claim 6, wherein crystals or diamonds or decorations areinstalled on the body or the wings.
 13. The rope retainer as claimed inclaim 6, wherein there are a plurality of main holes.
 14. The roperetainer as claimed in claim 6, wherein there are at least twosub-holes.